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Neste outro blog, você poderá encontrar informações acerca da contribuição de plataformas para comunicação dentro do contexto de ensino (dentre elas encontra-se o Actively Learn.

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Actively Learn is a freemium digital reading platform that allows teachers and students to interact within readings and/or assignments. This online tool allows students to read a document as a class/group, making comments and answering questions throughout the reading. The teacher can evaluate such notes and quiz answers.

Price

Free Personal: $18 per/month; Team: $695 per teacher/ Year; School: $10 or less per Student/ Year

Type of learning

Social constructivism; Connectivism; Cognitivism

ISTE Standards for Students
Empowered Learner, Digital citizen, Creative communicator, Global Collaborator.

Furthermore, teachers and students have the ability to check assignment basic data (included in the free version of the application). Students also can make personal notes and choose to share them with the class. Moreover, students can look up words, definitions, and translations. They can choose to listen to selected parts of the readings or even translate them. Lastly, teachers can direct their students to specific parts of the text in order to create discussions and add media to support/complement any part of the reading. This is a great tool for collaborative learning!

If you are looking for a way to enhance your students' learning with reading assignments, and you want to add more action to the reading process, Actively Learn is a good option to try out!.

Actively Learn & the SAMR Model

Substitution: Students read a book on Actively Learn (instead of a traditional print book)

Augmentation: Students while reading online assignments they can look for definitions in real-time and even have a time-real translation. Also, students can discuss (with notes) in an online synchronized, and un-syncronized settings the same reading.

Modification: While students are reading the assignment, they would be able to interact with classmates and shared categorized notes with the class.

Redefinition: Students contribute to a virtual and collaborative palimpsest using the tool of notes.

Learning Activities

History/Science/Language: Students can read and discuss class materials. The teacher can create an activity where students solve questions and critical thinking can be implemented using this tool, regardless of the topic. And after discussing with their classmates or asking questions to the teacher, students can be evaluated on their responses and class participation.

History: Students read a chapter of World War II and would answer teacher questions inside the text and then they will share notes with the class and start a discussion (s) with their classmates.

Sciences: Students do research in teams, collaborating in order to generate a future presentation about photosynthesis. They can ask questions to the teacher about sections of the books or articles they don't understand.

Learn foreign Language: Students read a book in other languages, they can use the translator feature to improve their reading experience. They are going reflect on the lecture as a class adding media, notes about the reading, author, the time, etc.

Language: Students read Poetry, they interpret the reading and share their interpretations with notes to the class.

Language: Students will read a book, and in teams, they are going to share notes, discuss as a group and then they are going to answer the questions made by the teacher inside the book.

Resources

How to Use Actively Learn

1. Click "Sign Up" and register for an account. You have to choose between a Teacher or Student

2. If you are Teacher:

You can sign in with your Google account

You can sign in with your Clever account

You can sign in with your Edmodo

You can sign in with your email, and professional information (email, school info)

If you are a Student:

1. You can sign in with your Google account

2. You can sign in with your Clever account

3. You can sign in with your Edmodo

4. You can sign in with your email, the class code is optional.

Once you create your account, you will be logged in, you do not need to confirm your account via email.

You can watch a video overview for Teacher or Student (depending on your role). If you skip the video and want to watch it later click on the "Question Icon" at the right corner of the page and select: "Overview videos" or you can go to "How it Works" in the main page of Actively Learn.

Setup your profile page:

1. Click on the on your name at the top right corner

2. Click on "My Profile"

3. All your information can be changed there. (Note: Students can't change their names or usernames)

4. Add an Avatar if you want.

: How to find material for an assignment in the catalog (For Teachers)

1. First go to "Workspace" in the left menu gray bar, you have 3 examples to see how the questions and notes works.

2. You can go to the "Catalog" and search for a book or article by topic and select different tags for a more specific search (i.e. free, middle school, 7th graders, common core, etc)

3. Once you choose your text, you have the options to add the book/article with questions and notes or just the text. Once you select the book/article it will go to your "Workspace" section.

How to create your own material for an assignment (For Teachers only):

1. For a free account, you can upload 3 PDF/Google Doc/Internet article per month.

2. Go to your "Workspace" in the left menu gray bar.

3. Click on "Add content" and then "Import Google Doc" is going to ask to copy the url from the Actively Learn assignment or linked to Google Classroom if you have it.

4. Click "Add content" and then click "Upload PDF" (if it have more than 10 pages it recommends Google Docs)

5. Click on "Add content" and then "Import Internet article"

:How to create classes (For Teachers only)

1. In the left menu, where it says "Classes" at the right side click on the "Plus Icon"

2. A pop-up window "Add a new class" will appear, there you would need to write the name for the class

3. At the "Roster" tab you will find the "Class Code"

4. Once your students enter to your class with this "class code" you can see the list of students in the "Roster tab" as well.

How to bring assignments to your class from the Workspace (For Teachers only):

1. n the left grey menu, go to "Workspace"

2. Click on the "assign" tab

3. Select the material (book, article, pdf, google docs) can be more than one

4. Click on "Next"

5. Select the class you want to move the material, and click "Ok"

6. IMPORTANT: You can only add questions as Instructor on the Workspace, so prepare the questions beforehand. Notes can be added anytime.

:Class Settings, click on the "Gear icon" the follow drop menu appears: (For Teachers only)

1. Edit class detail: you can change the name of the class

2. Reading settings: these settings are going to affect the student's reading experience for all the class assignments that do not have any special setting.

3. Grading settings: as the name says, here you can adjust how you want to grade your students.

4. Co-teaching: is for paid version

5. Delete Class

Research

Galda, L. & Liang, L.A. &. Cullinan B. E. (2014). Literature and the Child. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

Momtaz, E., & Garner, M. (2010). Does collaborative learning improve EFL students' reading comprehension. Journal of linguistics and language teaching , (1), 15-36 .

Obendorf, H. (2003, August). Simplifying annotation support for real-world-settings: a comparative study of active reading. In Proceedings of the fourteenth ACM conference on Hypertext and hypermedia (pp. 120-121). ACM.

Schilit, B. N., Golovchinsky, G., & Price, M. N. (1998, January). Beyond paper: supporting active reading with free form digital ink annotations. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems (pp. 249-256). ACM Press/Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.

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Em seu blog, a equipe do Actively Learn disponibiliza textos relacionados ao uso desta plataforma. No link acima, é disponibilizada uma postagem onde são elucidados os benefícios do uso deste recurso para o desenvolvimento do letramento crítico. Ainda, é possível encontrar neste blog uma grande quantidade de textos que ressaltam a necessidade avaliação constante, além de evidenciarem a importância da aprendizagem por andaime, reconhecendo a importância da colaboração durante o ensino.

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As the coronavirus continues to spread, the CDC is urging schools to prepare for closures. Some teachers are being asked to create online versions of their lesson plans. Many administrators are wondering how to equitably ensure continuity of learning when many students do not have access to the internet at home.

Actively Learn's features and content make it an ideal platform for remote learning. We make it easy to collaborate, support students as they read, and provide access when there's no internet at home. Here is a guide on using Actively Learn when students are not in the classroom.

Turn your paper resources into digital assignments

You probably have a plan for what you want students to read. You've lined up your assignments, including the questions you want students to answer. Instead of putting the planning and learning on pause when school is closed, why not use those same texts in a digital version where you can monitor student responses and provide feedback?

Actively Learn makes it possible to upload your own webpages, Google docs, or PDFs and transform them into interactive assignments for your students. Once you bring your assignments into our platform, you can embed questions and annotations, add assignments directions, and even post media links. When students answer questions and annotate in Actively Learn, you'll be able to provide feedback on their answers and hold them accountable for their work.

Actively Learn enables teachers to bring in their own resources and turn them into interactive digital assignments.

To save some time, you can also look through our Catalog for pre-created assignments. We cover core curricular topics for middle and high school ELA, social studies, and science with a variety of content types, including full-length novels, short stories, textbook sections, primary sources, high-interest articles, and videos.

Keep the discussion going with collaboration features

One of the biggest downsides of schools closing is students missing out on discussion and collaboration. Social interaction is a significant motivator for students, especially when they're digesting challenging text. It's also a way to deepen students' understanding of what they read and a way for them to ask one another questions if they get stuck.

Luckily, Actively Learn makes it possible for students to keep having rich text-based discussions, even while they're at home. You can ask students to share at least one annotation with their peers, and respond to at least one shared note. You could also ask a question in a note and have students respond to it in a thread. Teachers can leverage small group mode to make sharing notes even easier. Students can tag their peers or their teacher for a targeted message, which is a great option in case students get stuck and need help.

An example of a discussion thread in Actively Learn.

Teacher feedback is especially important when students are not in the classroom. It shows students that you're reading their work and giving them guidance on their thinking, which encourages them to put more effort into their assignments. It's easy to give feedback to students in Actively Learn as you grade. You can also allow students to revise their responses so they can put your guidance into action.

Support students with scaffolds and accessibility features

For students, one of the toughest parts of doing challenging work independently is not being able to get help when they need it. Here are a few ways that Actively Learn can provide that support, even if the teacher isn't in the room:

Assignments in the Catalog come with pre-created annotations to fill gaps in background knowledge, guiding questions to chunk the text and monitor comprehension as students read, and embedded media to drive engagement.

Text-to-speech: This is our most popular support feature, and is especially useful for EL students or students who struggle with disfluency or dyslexia. Students can hear an entire text read aloud or select passages that are especially difficult.

An embedded Learner's dictionary that provides a student-friendly definition of any word in the text

Translation into over 100 languages

Extra Help: We provide differentiated scaffolding for students who need additional support. Students you select as needing Extra Help will see a summary before reading, additional scaffolding notes in the text, one fewer answer choice in multiple choice questions, and hints and answer stems in short answer questions. Teachers can also create their own Extra Help notes for their students.

Shared annotations and tagging: Students can ask one another questions, or signal to their teacher that they need help.

Student accessibility features appear when students highlight text.

No internet? Actively Learn works on smartphones

Students can access Actively Learn on a smartphone.

Did you know that 95% of teenagers have access to a smartphone at home? That means they can use Actively Learn to read assignments for their core classes, even if they don't have Wi-Fi or a computer at home.

Students can answer questions, take notes, look up words, hear text read aloud, and translate. The deeper learning that you promote in your classroom can continue even when students are at home.

Set expectations and do a trial run

Transitioning to remote learning might include a few tweaks to your instruction. For example, if you typically read text aloud to students to support your struggling readers, you may encourage students to use the text-to-speech option instead. You could also record your voice reading the text and embed it as a media link in the teaching direction. Or if you like to have students discuss the text after reading, you may want to require students to use shared annotations.

Anytime you make these types of instructional changes, it's important to communicate expectations with your students, do a trial run on a homework assignment, and then hold them accountable. For example, you can track which students used text-to-speech in your assignment data. You can also see whether students participated in discussions and what notes they shared. During the trial run, you can iron out any confusion about your expectations and ensure that students know what to do in case schools close.

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How to Leverage Actively Learn for Remote Learning

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CONTENT

Texts (and videos!) for ELA, Science, and Social Studies with scaffolds and higher-order questions

READING

The best features to
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ASSESSMENT

Data you need;
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